What's funny is that the engineers who implemented this are probably one of us here on HN. I don't think Zuck implemented this himself
> Why I left FB,GOOG,Whatever
>> Author describes seemingly abhorrently unethical and immoral practices they were completely ignorant of, occurring right in front of them that they were a key participant in.
>> Accepted a massive salary to be ignorant.
>> Shocked as all fuck about ethics and implications.
>> Returned 0 money, cashed out.
>> 100% ethical now.
The plan isn’t without flaws, but nobody ever even wants to discuss, they just cut off the conversation early.
Licensing would raise your costs and restrict your choices, while having absolutely no effect on issues like what's being discussed here. You would just get a more expensive Torment Nexus that may or may not be slightly more secure.
This is why I earn half as much working in science now. We will never reach unicorn status but we also won’t treat our end users and partners like pawns to exploit on our path to wealth and power. I can live with that.
In fact, one time there were users on an ad network I built who were breaking rules. I’d track them and try to figure out where they came from and who they actually are, only for them to drop out and open a new account. I’d report to my CEO about this, ask for advice, generally discuss strategies to prevent this kind of usage of the network. He seemed very concerned. But sure enough, eventually I figured out it was actually him all along. He was making tens of thousands of dollars in revenue per month doing literally the most shady stuff on the network. He was using my naivety to keep himself in the loop on internal compliance and stay a step ahead of me.
I’ve worked with several people like this. They love the tech industry. I had to finally admit to myself that I worked with bad people and did bad things to develop the awareness and courage to start saying no and do something else.
Once I was gone, he did the same thing with a younger developer who was eager to break into the industry. I actually work with him now, nearly 15 years later.